The origins of Darwin’s theory of evolution – including the pages where he first coins and commits to paper the term ‘natural selection’ – are being...
Born 500 years ago, Andreas Vesalius has iconic status in the history of science. Cambridge University Library holds several copies of the remarkable...
Our lives are bound up with objects. Museums are evidence of our deep preoccupation with the things that surround us, whether natural or the product...
On matters of gender, Charles Darwin was supposedly an arch-conservative - but new research suggests that he actively helped women who were striving...
Fashion conveys complex messages. The recreation of an outfit taken from one of an extraordinary series of Renaissance portraits reveals how one man...
Ben Cartwright, a member of Cambridge’s Material Culture Lab, is an archaeologist whose research focuses on the ways in which the crafts of spinning...
![Still from the film "Darwin's Women".](https://www.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.cam.ac.uk/files/styles/content-580x288/public/news/news/130905-darwins-women-central-image.jpg?itok=IXMUNfxj "Still from the film "Darwin's Women"., Credit: Jonathan Settle / University of Cambridge")
